MIGRATE MATE
Unlocking Viral Growth In under 45 days, SideShift’s Creator Strike Team drove 15M+ organic views for Migrate Mate—tripling their user base, helping close a $2.4M seed round, and positioning them as the go-to job board for migrants seeking legal work in the U.S.
Unlocking Viral Growth In under 45 days, SideShift’s Creator Strike Team drove 15M+ organic views for Migrate Mate—tripling their user base, helping close a $2.4M seed round, and positioning them as the go-to job board for migrants seeking legal work in the U.S.
𝌉 Barriers
- Category skepticism: Visa job boards often felt scammy. Migrants were cautious, and Gen Z didn’t know who to trust.
- Limited visibility: Strong trust among migrant users, but low awareness outside that circle.
- No content engine: No scalable way to produce creator-led content or reach Gen Z at speed.
→ Approach
- Story-led content: 537 TikToks in 6 weeks—raw narratives, visa tips, and “how I got hired” moments.
- Always-on iteration: Daily feedback loops to sharpen tone, format, and engagement.
- Creator Strike Team: Sourced 15 creators with migrant stories, visa experience, and ESL backgrounds.
✸ Results
- 15M+ organic views
- 3x user base growth
- $2.4M seed round closed
- Evergreen creator engine
- One video drove 1.5M views and 18K signups in a single day
⌲ Conclusion Migrate Mate scaled by sharing real stories people trusted. Personal narratives built momentum and made the platform feel human. TikTok traction gave investors something to believe. Social proof became the pitch deck.